The Fair Work Ombudsman has been criticised for once again entering into a ‘warm and fuzzy’ agreement called an Enforceable Undertaking with a company guilty of wage theft. This time it involves the operators of the OKS Hair and Beauty…
Aidan Martin thought he was on his way to a successful and lucrative career as a plumber, but just two weeks into his apprenticeship with a Brisbane company, he discovered that he was being underpaid. The 21 year-old (pictured) was…
With the Queensland parliamentary inquiry into wage theft starting its public hearings this week, it’s a good time to make sure that you are being paid your correct wages and entitlements. Wage theft happens when your employer doesn’t pay you…
A hastily organised protest against wage theft by the Young Workers Hub has been described as nothing more than a cynical publicity stunt, designed to create the illusion that unions are actively working to fight the problem, ahead of a…
The Queensland government’s inquiry into wage theft has been told employers who steal wages from their employees should face jail. The call to make wage theft a crime comes in an explosive submission by Industrial Relations Claims published by the…